How It Went Down
Importance of College
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College is a way out for most of the characters in this novel. Melody, Kimberly, Jennica, Ty and T all want to go to college and have been working quietly toward this goal. All of them have taken additional jobs to make sure they have money to take SAT exams and to pay for the college applications. College is a protection from the gangs.